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OTTAWA: Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier welcomed on Tuesday the news that a citizen jailed in India for the last ten months was to be released, according to a ministry statement. Sault Itzhayek, 42, from Montreal, was arrested last May for entering India on an expired visa. According to media reports, he claimed to be victim of a set-up by policemen who wanted to extort money out of him. He was jailed for three years but has now been granted early release.

DUBAI: A 41-year-old Indian worker here faces six months in jail after being convicted of molesting a 9-year-old compatriot girl. The Dubai Court of First Instance on Monday convicted the worker, identified only as V K, of molesting the schoolgirl in a building's elevator in the Naif area of the city. The worker hugged and kissed the girl against her will. Presiding Judge Hamad Abdul Latif Abdul Jawad said the accused will be deported after serving his punishment.

LONDON: An Indian-origin British national has been sentenced to seven years in jail for his involvement in a multi-million pounds fraud that operated through aggressive, high-pressure sale of shares of worthless companies to the old and elderly. Rahul Natwar Patel , 35, who lives in Spain, operated the fraud across several countries along with another British national, David Arthur Vidgeon, 30. Vidgeon has also been sentenced to seven years in jail for the fraud worth over 7 million pounds.

NEW DELHI: The fear of legal action in Taj corridor scandal, appears to be worrying Ms Mayawati and this prompted the BSP chief to nominate Rajya Sabha MP Gandhi Azad as her successor, who would lead the Dalit movement, in case she is put behind the bars. During a three hour meeting with her MPs, MLAs, district presidents and other party functionaries today, she not only expressed her apprehensions on the lurking danger in Taj corridor scandal and opted for a wait and watch policy on forging an alliance in the coming Maharashtra assembly polls.

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a Muslim cleric to over 10 years in jail for making hate speeches against another sect. Judge Khalid Arshad sentenced Maulana Abdul Ghani , prayer leader of a mosque at Qaimpur Town near Hasilpur area of Bahawalpur district, to 10 years and four months in jail for making hate speeches against another sect after Fajr prayers. The judge yesterday also fined him Rs 750,000. Police had registered an FIR against Ghani and arrested him after he delivered provocative speeches following Fajr (morning)

NEW DELHI: A special court here on Monday sentenced former union minister P K Thungon to four-and-a-half years in jail in a 1998 corruption case. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Ajay Kumar Jain also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

GUWAHATI: Former team Anna member and peasant leader Akhil Gogoi launched a new political outfit, Gana Mukti Sangram Asom, on Friday, appealing to the people to support change of government. "Our aim is not election but struggle for the betterment of people. Provide food those who are producing it and not getting it," Gogoi told a gathering at Diroi Rangoli in Moran of Sivasagar district during the fourth biennial session of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti's (KMSS), of which he is president.

PUNE: Actor Sanjay Dutt on Tuesday left the Yerawada jail here for Mumbai on a 14-day leave sanctioned to him on eligibility criteria , jail authorities said. Dutt, serving sentence under the Arms Act for illegal possession of weapons in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case , left the prison at around 9.30 AM after his pending application for "furlough" was sanctioned by the authorities, jail superintendent Yogesh Desai told PTI. Good conduct is one of the criteria for granting furlough, which is sanctioned from prisoner's accumulated leave, Desai said.

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a Muslim cleric to over 10 years in jail for making hate speeches against another sect. Judge Khalid Arshad yesterday sentenced Maulana Abdul Ghani , prayer leader of a mosque at Qaimpur Town near Hasilpur area of Bahawalpur district, to 10 years and four months in jail for making hate speeches against another sect after Fajr prayers. The judge also fined him Rs 750,000. Police had registered an FIR against Ghani and arrested him after he delivered provocative speeches following Fajr (morning)